Barry Simms was a radio personality who hosted the show "Back Talk". Barry often mocked his callers and was very rude in person. It was his radio show that Jamie Lloyd called in looking for help from Sam Loomis. On October 31, 1995 he was sent to Haddonfield, Illinois to discuss with some of the citizens on how Halloween had affected their town and how some college students planned to bring the festivity back after it was banned in 1990. During the interview with Beth and Tim Strode, Beth revealed that Tim's family lived in the Myers house so Barry thought it would be great for ratings if they took the show to the Myers home. He was getting ready to leave in his van towards the house, when Michael Myers appeared behind him and stabbed him in the chest. He then placed Barry's still bleeding body in a tree.